λάβρυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian 𐤩𐤠𐤡𐤭𐤧𐤳 (lapryš) and possibly related to λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “labyrinth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.brys/ → /ˈla.βrys/ → /ˈla.vris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.brys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.brys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.βrys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vrys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vris/

Noun

λάβρῠς • (lábrus) f (genitive λάβρῠος); third declension

1. Lydian word for axe

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰ́βρῠς; τῆς λᾰ́βρῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰ́βρῠς hē lábrus	τὼ λᾰ́βρῠε tṑ lábrue	αἱ λᾰ́βρῠες hai lábrues
Genitive	τῆς λᾰ́βρῠος tês lábruos	τοῖν λᾰβρῠ́οιν toîn labrúoin	τῶν λᾰβρῠ́ων tôn labrúōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰ́βρῠῐ̈ / λᾰ́βρυι têi lábruï / lábrui	τοῖν λᾰβρῠ́οιν toîn labrúoin	ταῖς λᾰ́βρῠσῐ / λᾰ́βρῠσῐν taîs lábrusi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰ́βρῠν tḕn lábrun	τὼ λᾰ́βρῠε tṑ lábrue	τᾱ̀ς λᾰ́βρῡς / λᾰ́βρῠᾰς tā̀s lábrūs / lábruas
Vocative	λᾰ́βρῠ lábru	λᾰ́βρῠε lábrue	λᾰ́βρῠες lábrues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “λάβρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάβρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN